One presumes you are talking about a washing machine (although you told us neither that nor the make/model)
On that assumption, you need to look in the manual fo rhow to clean the softener drawer. there is usually a little syphon device in the drawer that gets bunged up . It can be removed to get rid of the crud. the exact appearance and removal procedure vary from machine to machine.
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March 2016
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